Test moderators use AI-generated writing to judge literacy standardsFri, 14 Aug 2026 14:28:46 +0000 To cut the cost of key stage 2 assessments, a UK government project proposes to use scripts generated by ChatGPT instead of real children's writing as examples supplied to moderators who check that grades are awarded fairly | |
THC in cannabis may reduce nightmares in people with PTSDFri, 14 Aug 2026 14:02:34 +0000 A drug made up of THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, reduced the severity and incidence of nightmares in people with PTSD | |
Fishers detonate a bomb every hour on one Indonesian coral reefFri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:55 +0000 The use of explosives to kill fish is widespread across the tropics, and acoustic monitoring in an Indonesian archipelago detected more than 3500 explosions in 483 days | |
How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:18:23 +0000 Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions, resulting in restrictions on water use in many areas and severe wildfires – here's how it's affecting farming, wildlife and trees | |
Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolutionFri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution | |
Why do people ask so few questions in conversation?Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 We've perhaps been conditioned to not ask too many questions, in case it comes across as rude or prying. But columnist David Robson argues that asking people open-ended questions benefits our wellbeing, and doesn't have to be complicated | |
‘Remarkable’ discovery upends our understanding of how brains store memoriesThu, 13 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our knowledge of memory in the mammalian brain | |
DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman BritainThu, 13 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests | |
Quantum entanglement is key to solving 250-year-old maths problemThu, 13 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Analysis of a mathematical puzzle that Leonhard Euler deemed unsolvable in the 1700s reveals that the crucial ingredient for cracking it after all is quantum entanglement | |
The most breathtaking photos of the total solar eclipseThu, 13 Aug 2026 10:16:21 +0000 Photographers in Spain captured spectacular images of the rare alignment of the moon and the sun, as it cast a dark shadow over much of the country | |